Ex parte ITOH et al. - Page 19




          Appeal No. 1999-0404                                      Page 19           
          Application No. 08/580,256                                                  


          Ex parte Lee, 31 USPQ2d 1105, 1106-07 (Bd. Pat. App. & Int.                 
          1993).                                                                      


               In this case, Chiang does not disclose any one value                   
          falling within the range set forth in either claim 2 or claim               
          3.  Moreover, it is our view that a value falling within the                
          range set forth in claim 2 or claim 3 is not set forth in                   
          Chiang with "sufficient specificity" to constitute an                       
          anticipation.                                                               


               For the reasons set forth above, the decision of the                   
          examiner to reject claims 2 to 6 under 35 U.S.C. § 102 is                   
          reversed.                                                                   


          Claims 7 and 8                                                              
               We will not sustain the rejection of claims 7 and 8 under              
          35 U.S.C. § 103.                                                            


               Dependent claims 7 and 8 add to parent claim 1 the                     
          further limitation that "convex deformed portions are formed                
          in each of said ribs to cause a refrigerant flow along said                 







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